March 10, 2025

European Art

European Art

Google Turns To Regulators To Make Apple Open Up iMessage

iMessage serves as “an important gateway between business users and their customers” and should be regulated as a “core” service under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA), said Google and a group of major European telcos in a letter sent to the European Commission. From a report: Being designated as a “core platform service”

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Shakespeare portrait sent to edge of space to celebrate 400 years since ‘First Folio’

inVerse Films William Shakespeare’s portrait is seen on the edge of space in a still from the short film “Lovers and Madmen.” CNN  —  William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s words 400 years

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The inauguration of Air Liquide and Siemens Energy Gigawatt electrolyzer factory paves the way to renewable hydrogen development at scale

Air Liquide and Siemens Energy officially inaugurated their joint venture gigawatt electrolyzer factory today in Berlin. The mass production of electrolyzer components will allow the manufacturing of low-carbon hydrogen at industrial scale and competitive cost, and foster an innovative European ecosystem. The state-of-the-art gigawatt factory will ramp-up to an annual production capacity of three gigawatts

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Turkey: Repeal the ‘disinformation offence’ and related legal amendments

As the Turkish Constitutional Court reviews the constitutionality of the ‘disinformation offence’ on 8 November, ARTICLE 19 Europe and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partner organisations reiterate their call for the annulment of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code and related legal amendments passed in October 2022 that undermine international standards on the

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How Jorge Zalszupin Redefined Brazilian Modernism

THE POLISH BRAZILIAN designer and architect Jorge Zalszupin hated the beach, but he loved the beach house he built in 1972 for his family. Set back from the Atlantic coast in Guarujá, a resort town 40 miles southeast of São Paulo, the 2,842-square-foot white concrete dwelling looks like a block of bleached coral pulled from

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EU should not shoot into its digitalisation legs – EURACTIV.com

The current proposal of the European Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services might decelerate digital transformation or force EU companies to choose less secure solutions, writes Vladimir Vano. Vladimir Vano is the chief economist of GLOBSEC, a global think-tank committed to enhancing security, prosperity, and sustainability in Europe and throughout the world. In an ever-changing

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European invasion – Winnipeg Free Press

Manitoba’s finest were in England in 1943 with their sights set on France, the Netherlands and Germany, aiming to prove what the best from this province could do when the world was watching. Another group of Manitobans have their minds on Europe 80 years later, only this time they’re armed with guitars, drums and amps

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Marc Besen, Sussan co-founder, Rich Lister, retailer and philanthropist, dies at 99

The majority of Mr Besen’s wealth, estimated at $2.23 billion by the Financial Review Rich List, came from the sale of his Highpoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne’s western suburbs. He sold a half-share to GPT for $621 million in 2006, then a further 25 per cent, also to GPT, for $680 million in 2017. Former

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True artist or con artist? The story of Take the Money and Run

It’s a question that has divided the art world since man first doodled on a cave wall and demanded a juicy mammoth steak in return. How much brass neck – and brass – can an artist get away with? Marcel Duchamp shocked art lovers in 1917 when he signed a urinal and called it a

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Robert Enke: The goalkeeper taunted by the cruelty of depression

In early September 2009, at Germany’s national team training in Cologne ahead of a World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan, Robert Enke caught sight of Sven Ulreich, the goalkeeper from the under-21s, making his way to the dressing room. One Saturday night 18 months earlier, Enke had been watching the televised Bundesliga highlights when he heard

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